§ Harry CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2003,Official Report, column 47W, on London Underground, if he will provide the whole year figures for 2002–03. [115149]
§ Mr. JamiesonThis is an operational matter for London Underground who have provided the information set out in the following table.
London Underground rolling stock, track and signal failures by line Line 2002–03 rolling stock failures 2002–03 track and signals failures Bakerloo 1,156 298 Central 2,419 609 Circle/Hammersmith and City 2,045 431 District 1,433 849 East London 99 77 Jubilee 1,281 443 Metropolitan 1,296 667 Northern 1,597 843 Piccadilly 2,821 572 Waterloo and City 86 38 Victoria 1,140 487 Total 15,373 5,314
§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he estimates passengers will experience improvements in(a) reliability and (b) comfort under the PPP contracts for the London Underground. [115587]
§ Mr. JamiesonTube Lines have announced that, for the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines, within the first 12 months of the contract they will be cutting delays by nearly 10 per cent., saving passengers some 430,000 hours. They have also improved the cleaning regime implementing deep cleans of trains and stations much more frequently than before. At the same time they are beginning the long-term work to upgrade the lines and increase capacity, including additional rolling stock for the Jubilee Line to increase train lengths from 6 to 7 cars, and awarding a contract for new signalling systems for the Jubilee and Northern Lines to allow a substantial increase in the service capability on these lines. These new signalling systems should be in place by 2009 and 2011 respectively.
For the lines being maintained and modernised by Metronet, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Mrs. Dunwoody) on 8 May 2003, Official Report, column 830W.